When Abner Griffith was born on 9 March 1793, in Town of Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, United States, his father, Samuel Jens Griffeth, was 37 and his mother, Fear Greene, was 38. He married Mary Eliza Ferguson in 1821, in Barre, Orleans, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Medina, Township of Medina, Lenawee, Michigan, United States in 1840 and Seneca Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States in 1850. He registered for military service in 1812. He died in 1859, at the age of 66, and was buried in Canandaigua Cemetery, Medina, Township of Medina, Lenawee, Michigan, United States.
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Possible Related Nameshttp://books.google.com/books Memoirs of Lenawee county p 133 Orson D. Griffith is one of the venerable and honored pioneer citizens of Lenawee county, which has been his home from his boyhood da …
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